If your organization is considering or already producing a digital publication to reach your mobile audience, it’s important to know best practices to achieve the best outcomes. Our app creation blog series is full of tips on how to accomplish this, and our Practical Guide to a Successful App Launch contains 20 tips with step-by-step directions to help you get your publishing app to market successfully.

However, these articles focus on best practices and not potential pitfalls. To learn about possible trouble spots so you can avoid them, the recent article by creative director David Hicks is another point of view to consider. Hicks outlines 10 mistakes that are commonly made when producing digital publications. While showing where the pitfalls are, he prescribes alternatives that will help maximize downloads and reader adoption.

Does your organization use a printed catalog or magazine to connect with your audience and provide value to them? Are you already using a mobile version of your publication to expand your audience reach?

The The Power of Walsworth Apps blog series details the benefits of utilizing a publication app to generate additional revenue while delivering a rich and interactive reader experience.

And, as mentioned in the Using An Integrated Content Marketing Strategy article, a publication app can provide more in terms of tracking and marketing potential, and is a perfect fit in the context of a larger integrated content marketing strategy.

Continuing up the noise helps keep your app in the spotlight instead of relegated to yesterday’s news. You need to tell the world your app remains relevant, exciting and a must-have for savvy readers looking for compelling content and delicious deals.